No. 3 Wisconsin falls to No. 14 Michigan in men’s hockey

(UW COMMUNICATIONS) ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 3 Wisconsin men’s hockey team saw its 11-game unbeaten streak end on Friday night after falling 5-1 at No. 14 Michigan Wolverines at Yost Ice Arena.

Michigan’s (12-8-3, 4-7-1 Big Ten) second-ranked offense overpowered the Badgers’ (19-5-1, 10-3-0 Big Ten) top-ranked defense as the Wolverines notched one goal in the first and two goals in the second to skate into the third period with a 3-0 lead. jack Horbach scored early in the final frame to try and spark a comeback for UW, but Michigan added two more tallies to take the first game of the series, 5-1.

Michigan got on the board first with 13:32 left in the opening period on a shot from Garrett Schifsky. 

The Wolverines doubled their lead 13:49 into the second period after Frank Nazar III beat Wisconsin goaltender Kyle McClellan top shelf on his own rebound. 

With 21 seconds left in period two, Michigan’s nation-leading power play added a tally from Dylan Duke to make it 3-0. 

Less than two minutes into the third period, Horbach got the Badgers on the board. Deep in UW’s offensive zone, forward Owen Lindmark passed to his left to find forward Carson Bantle behind the Michigan net. Bantle skated to the middle of the right circle and took a shot, which rebounded off the pads of goaltender Jake Barczewski and onto Horbach’s stick, who was stationed in front of the net. Horbach then ripped a short, quick shot past Barczewski to tally his fourth goal of the season.